Andy Murray leads Great Britain to an historic Davis Cup triumph while Bryony Page and Kat Driscoll secure Rio quote places. Here's our review of the last 24 hours.
Andy Murray admits he never thought he would win the Davis Cup after guiding Great Britain to a first title in 79 years.
Murray beat world number 16 David Goffin in straight sets in Ghent to ensure Great Britain lifted the trophy with a match to spare against hosts Belgium.
It is the first time Great Britain have lifted the Davis Cup since 1936, when they were led by Fred Perry and Bunny Austin.
And an emotional Murray broke down in tears after his expertly-struck, backhand lob looped over Goffin to make it 6-3 7-5 6-3 on the day and 3-1 in the Davis Cup final.
Murray said: “It feels amazing. I never thought we would have the opportunity to do this and I can’t believe we have.
“It has been an unbelievably tough year and won some incredibly tough matches and everyone who has played has played at an unbelievably high standard.
“I can’t believe we did it.”
Bryony Page and Kat Driscoll made history at the Trampoline, Tumbling and DMT World Championships as they secured two female places for Team GB at an Olympics for the first time.
Page and Driscoll qualified in sixth and seventh respectively for the world final in Odense, Denmark, and in the process booked the maximum two spots available to Team GB for the Rio Olympics next summer.
Driscoll was first up and recorded a score of 54.210 before Page moved ahead of her with 54.565.
Driscoll said: “It is the most emotional I have ever been. I finished my routine and started crying straight away because of the relief of getting a solid routine in.
“Bryony then went and started crying, which made me cry again and then cried when we had one spot I cried and then again when I knew we had two.”
Great Britain’s men’s hockey coach Bobby Crutchley has stressed Sunday’s 5-2 win over Australia will count for nothing if they do not back it up in their remaining World Hockey League Final matches.
Goals from Henry Weir, Chris Grassick and Ian Sloan saw Great Britain lead 3-1 at half-time and further strikes from David Condon and Phil Roper made it two wins from two in Raipur.
Australia are the world’s number one team and the victory means Great Britain now top Pool A, three points ahead of their opponents and Belgium.
“Some of the players really stepped up today and showed what they can do, but this is only one game and we need to back it up with a performance in the next game, too.
“Today was a step in the right direction but we aren’t getting carried away.”
David Florence showed that he will be one to watch in Rio next year after finishing the final day of the Rio canoe slalom test event with two medals.
Florence opened the day by finish top of the standings in the C1 ahead of Takuya Haneda and rounded the event off with a second-place finish in the C2 alongside Richard Hounslow.
"They have set the gates really, really hard for this competition,” said Florence. “I have seen a lot of mistakes from a lot of athletes. Not many people managed to have a perfect run. It was really difficult."
It was a solid start to the four-man bobsleigh season for Great Britain on Sunday as they claimed European Cup silver and finished in the first World Cup event of the campaign.
Lamin Deen led a team of Joel Fearon, John Baines and Andrew Matthews to a strong World Cup finish in Altenberg while John Jackson returned from injury with Bruce Tasker, Ben Simons and Brad Hall to take the podium in Winterberg.
“It’s been a super Sunday for the squad on both circuits,” said GB Bobsleigh Performance Director, Gary Anderson.
“To medal this early in the season and on a track that the Germans naturally excel on is a huge positive for Jacko, Bruce, Ben and Brad.
“For Lamin to finish sixth on what was his debut four-man drive at one of the toughest tracks in the world was another big boost for him and his crew.”
Sportsbeat 2015